Improvement in combined portmanteaus and shawl-straps



-D'IANA S. MATHEWS'.

COMBINED PQRTMANTEAU AND sHAWL-STRAP..

No.179 ,329. Patented :une 27, 187er;

l E x Arrommsl N. PETERS, PHDTO-LITNOGRAPMEH` WASHINGTON. D. C4

NI'rED 'rs DIANA S. MATHEWS, OF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,329, dated J uno 27, 1876 application filed May 1, i876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mrs. DIANA S. MATH- Ews, of Adrian, Lenawee county, State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Combined Portmanteau and Shawl-Strap, of which the following is a specication In the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents a front view of my improved portmanteau or case and shawlstrap combined. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of' the same on line C C, Fig. l, and Fig. 3 an end View of a modified form of my improved portmanteau and shawl-strap.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention consists in providing a iiexible case with straps and buckles, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawing, Arepresentsasatchel, case, or portmanteau, of any suitable style, for carrying smaller articles, on short journeys or other occasions.

rlhe portmanteau or case may be made from any exible material desired, and may be carried in the usual manner, by handles, shoulder-straps, or other devices. which are so applied as not to interfere with the ready opening and closing ot' the portmanteau.

Two or more shawl-straps, B, are attached by buckles C to the bottom of the portmanteau or case, to be detachable therefrom or riveted thereto at one side, or to be stationary, as desired the opposite ends of the strapsl i being secured by buckles at the opposite side, to strap a shawl, ovcrcoat, or any other article of wearing apparel, to the portmanteau, and admit the storage of smaller articles in the case.

When a portmanteau or satchel of soft leather is used, the bottom part may be connected by short additional straps D, that are detached at one side when the portmanteauis well filled, so that the concave bottom adjusts itself to the shawl or other article held by the straps.

When the portmanteau is empty, or only partly lilled, the shorter straps are buckled across the bottom part, and serve, then, for the reliable strapping 011 of the shawl or other article.

The combina-tion of shawlstrap and port-- manteau is of great convenience in traveling, and for other purposes, as it provides, in a neat and simple manner, for the packing of smaller articles, together with shawls and otherarticles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as anew article of manufact-ure, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'Ilie flexible case A, provided with straps B D, and the buckles G, arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

DIANA SOPHIA MATHEWS.

Witnesses:

L. TABoR, M. CLEVELAND. 

